X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4f17,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4f17,public X-Google-Thread: fc9f9,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc9f9,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fe7ce,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe7ce,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-08 11:30:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!lsanca1-snf1!news.gtei.net!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C642763.8050208@mindspring.NS.com> From: Jonathan Ball User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:0.9.2) Gecko/20010726 Netscape6/6.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,alt.politics.socialism,alt.seduction.fast,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: drsquare is a useless troll was Re: What does everyone reckon our chances are for the Euro 2004 qualifying? References: <7vI58.26624$jb.1324289@news2.calgary.shaw.ca> <3C5AC13B.9060609@mindspring.NS.com> <0lhl5ugo85pjshh3t861eimu9gq7n7tumk@4ax.com> <3C5ACEF7.1010005@earthlink.NS.net> <3C5D92E7.2070002@mindspring.NS.com> <5ca04a.qjp.ln@192.168.1.1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 52 Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 19:30:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.32.17.92 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1013196643 66.32.17.92 (Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:30:43 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:30:43 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:30:43 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14505 alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian:36110 alt.politics.socialism:15414 alt.seduction.fast:76184 comp.os.linux.advocacy:189875 Mark Kent wrote: > Dutch espoused: > >>"Jonathan Ball" wrote [...] >>>You don't know what you're talking about. Any idiot >>>can run around on a field kicking at something; even >>>you can probably do it. Let's see you even *stand* on >>>ice skates, let alone take a shot at the puck without >>>landing on your fat ass. >>> >>Now that we're thoroughly off-topic I might as well say my bit. >> >>I've played the major sports at the medium amateur level, men's inter-city >>basketball in Timmins/Noranda, Junior football (18 years old), and industrial >>league hockey. I've only kicked a soccer ball around a few times. There's no >> > > These are only major sports in one or two countries. Elsewhere, they're > minor at best. You're an idiot. Ice hockey is played throughout northern Europe, Canada and the U.S., and many of the countries of the ex-USSR. Basketball is played all over the world, the Brazilians and the ex-Yugoslavs being just two of the non-North American countries that excel at it. U.S. "football" is catching on in Europe. > > >>contest. Hockey players can only play for 30 to 90 seconds before needing a 5 >>minute rest, and they put fresh players out. It's the MOST physically taxing game >>there is. There's no coasting like in soccer. The speed and hitting is amazing >> > > There's no coasting in professional football at all. I think I agree with that, though. They do look like they're working out there. > Your knowledge of football is unbelievably small. > > > >